Well, we brought a bunch of stuff to a resale shop yesterday. Some old, and not so old, suitcases with clothes in them. they were glad to get them and I plan to bring more to that place in LaGrange. Most of the stuff has zero worth to us, so donating the stuff to some group that can sell it works for me.
That old broad had a suitcase that could be used to move a body. I can’t believe that a person would need to bring that much shit with them on vacation, anywhere, but then I’m not a woman and women travel differently than guys. Carl for instance, he went to the Netherlands for a week with a bag smaller than my shaving kit and found it adequate. Me I’m a carry-on size guy, even when I check the bag. If I need more clothes, I either buy it or wash what I brought. I guess ML needed to bring everything.
Going today to get all the oriental rugs out of the house today and take them to a place in Santa Fe for appraisal. The 2 I opened were very nice runners and would possibly be used as wall art. After we get them loading into the trailer, we’ll top off the trailer with other things that we absolutely need in NM and head home tomorrow morning, very early. Nina, did you see that? Very early.
Got all the banking we needed done. All of it. Very happy with our progress yesterday. Today we go to the condo with Mom and tackle ML’s bedroom. It’s the one room that we can do that will free up space to allow us to sort and organize. With the BR cleaned, I can disassemble the bed to give us floor space to move around.
Dinner with Johnson last night. Appetizers really but I left there full. We met at the Capri and had a nice time chatting. Drank more than I care to but I was still OK to drive.
Don, Sue, Pat, and Nan tonight. Pat has been a no-show mostly in any get together lately, but I saw him last at Lou & Perry’s anniversary gig. I hope he’ll come tonight, he adds a nice sarcastic tone to the evening.
This is a short trip compared to my last visit here. Today we are finishing up some things with the banks and the weekend will be spent at her condo working our way through the mess. Monday early will find us on the road again.
We stopped into the condo to explore and bring Mom some stuff she wanted to give to the resale shops that she donates to regularly. During the exploration phase of this visit, we found 2 Persian rugs that she bought in 1994. One is dark and heavy looking and the other is very light colored and looks brand new. Both are great examples of the rugs and are very well made. Upon further exploration, I found what appears to be quite a few more of the same type of rugs under the bed in her bedroom. I’m thinking that the bedroom will be a focus of our cleaning this weekend. I’d like to tear down the bed and stack it against the wall to make room for stacking things, but who knows what beneath that bed. My next gun MAY be there according to ML, but who knows.
Sitting in the lobby of a Holiday Inn Express. Talking to the clerk, who appears to have had a very lonely night. Rolla, MO. I’ve got less than 5 hours drive time ahead of me for today, at least until I get to Mom’s.
Nice trip yesterday. Great audio book, a Connelly, for this leg of the journey. It’s a rerun for me, but Nina never heard it before and it’s been a long time since I heard this one. The Brass Verdict.
Mom, should be there before 1 or 2. Will probably head to ML’s condo to pick something up for the Christina and bring it to lunch on Friday.
Lunch with Joe and Dennis. Turkey plate w/beans, coleslaw, and potato salad.
Dinner with Nina @ Olive Garden.
All meals were good and with good company. 3 meals out is a very unusual thing for me, when I’m not on the road.
I brought my Jeep in for service prior to heading to Chicago, again. I’m getting tired of going there, I’m sure that Mom is getting tired of me being there, and I am starting to hate driving. Transmission cooling lines were starting to leak and needed replacing. I also had the check engine light on and once the computer was hooked up to the Jeep it was determined that the EGR valve was toast. Back in service now and running good.
Nina was with me at Lithia this evening and we looked at the new Grand Cherokee. Nice, roomy, great head room, and pretty color. Need another 70,000 on the Jeep before I am thinking of replacing it.
Yeah, the weatherliar, Mark Wronghetti, has predicted some serious type of snow for us today. He lied that it would be starting this morning, but I wake to blue skies and the temperature near 30.
Other shit
Listening to the news this morning proves to me that people are just plain stupid. A restaurant in Japan is serving and selling dirt meals. Yes, I said dirt. The average meal costs $100. It’s a French restaurant, in Japan, serving dirt, for $100, and they go there without a gun forcing them there. Dumb asses.
I’m thinking of selling “Pecos River Station Parking Lot Gravel” in my store. I figure with a pretty label and a nice glass jar, I can get $29.99 each for a baby food sized sample. Did you guys wish to pre-order some? Anyone? Come one! I’m not asking you to eat dirt or anything!
Anyone want books? Old books? Newer books? Paperbacks? Hardcover? Foreign language books? We’re heading back to Chicago next week to deal with the condo again. I’m serious about this offer. Email Glen if you’re wanting some books. You come and pick them yourself. If your interested and dust bothers you, bring a mask.
Well, those of you that are into the real weather situations across the country, be safe and enjoy the real snow. For the rest of us that have weatherliars who predict pretend snow, let’s form a mob and teach the bastards a lesson.
Yesterday there was a big political discussion at my gas pumps. It was myself of course, the weights & measures inspector, and a PBS radio host. This was all happening while the weights and measures guy was doing an inspection of my pumps, all of which passed BTW. It of course started with local politics because our legislature is now in session, but it moved to national within 15 minutes.
Now I won’t go into details about what was said because that’s not what this posting is about. We were there chatting about a bunch of different things and politics came to play because of Mark covering the session. We had 3 different point of views that we managed to discuss without one of us raising our voices and all of us respecting the opposing views and the person’s right to hold them.
One of the things I love about owning this business is the chance discussions that I have with people that cross my path here. It can be customers, inspectors, vendors, or just a person that stops in for directions, but I love the people that can have an intelligent conversation reasonably.
One of my candy vendors, Rudy, is always open for a political chat. He stops by every other Thursday and I can always rile him up by stating “I think I smell a liberal in here!” when I come down to pay him. Of course my voting Libertarian last election has taken some of the bite out of his comments to me, so he’s easier to deal with.
Anyway, back to your scheduled programming and please tune in tomorrow for more drivel and rambling about nothing in particular. PEACE!
Tommy Lee Jones bought gas from us today. He and Hillary Swank are filming in the area and are now scouting locations. No clue what they are filming, don’t care really.
I am a husband, father, grandfather, friend, business owner, traveller, Harley rider, citizen, patriot, gun owner, politically eclectic person of strange personal habits. I support police, trust no politicians, and can argue any side of an argument just to amuse myself. People love me or hate me and those that are in-between don't know me.
